Miss Louisa From the Valley of the Wind

Engagement Preparation (1)

The Alma village

"Young master Lucio... Quick wake. We're going to my great-grandfather's house" Louisa said, waking up her son.

"Sleepful ma. Cio's sleeping.."

"Mama will stay. Cio's just here with Jen's mom.."

"Ngga. Cio's coming"

"If the young master wants to come along, quickly wake up. Grandpa Shine was already waiting in front" said Reneisme who followed into Lucio's room.

"Grandmother Ren.. Yes, the young master is awake."

"Miss get ready. Young master let me take care of that."

"Neither Ren's mother. I'm getting ready first" Louisa said out of Lucio's room.

After preparing for a few minutes, Louisa, Lucio and Reneism finally left the house. In front of the house had been waiting for a horse carriage for them.

"Jen, we're going first. All the business here I leave it to you. If something happens remember to tell Hinom directly"

"Fine miss. Missus.."

"There again?"

"I'll drop the letter." said Jen's waiter, handing Louisa a scroll.

"For George, right? I'll be right up to him"

"Thank you miss"

"The same" Louisa said as she climbed aboard the horse-drawn carriage.

The train began to move slowly while on the farm. But once out of the farm complex the horse-drawn carriage was moving faster.

It was morning right. The sun still looks embarrassed behind the cloud mountain. Villagers saw one already out of the house. Some just sit in front of the door. There was also a walk to the stall to buy something.

By noon the horse-drawn carriage entered the city of Hinom. The horse-drawn carriage continued to walk towards the palace area of the Valley of Wind.

The palace complex of the Valley of Wind had a vast territory. On the front are the palace buildings and the royal square. Meanwhile, on the back there are various training areas.

Starting from the training area of royal soldiers and city guards complete with barracks, basic medicine training area, as well as some special training such as royal administrative training, crafts and so on.

While in the forbidden area of the palace, there were no new buildings. There is only the transfer of some buildings that were not previously so useful. So even though there is a middle and high-level medical training that is only a few months old, it does not change the structure of the building in the forbidden area.

The horse-drawn carriage continued to drive through the palace grounds, and continued to enter the forbidden area. And stopped right in front of the ancestral home.

Grandma Eliz who had been waiting for them from the morning smiling sumringah welcomed their arrival.

"My little granddaughter, welcome. This great-grandmother misses you so much"

"Grandmother's great-grandmother. Release Cio...Cio is big. Shame to see people"

"What..! Ha.ha... Cio is big. Grandma forgot. Cio misses or doesn't miss my great-grandmother?"

"Hindu. Same great-grandfather as well" he said with a smile.

"Let's go meet my great-grandfather." Rich Grandma Eliz while leading Lucio into the house.

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The night .

"Uncle, aunt, your cousins have arrived. Come on in." welcome Louisa to see the Landen family coming.

"When are you here, Lorine?" ask aunt Sofia.

"So afternoon aunt. Just had not had time to go to the palace, because it immediately rested"

"It's okay, honey. What matters is that we've met"

"Don't just talk. Come sit down, let's eat together. We haven't eaten together in a long time" Franklin's grandfather said.

"Unfortunately Margaret doesn't exist. If there was, it's complete" Eliz's grandmother said..

"Indeed, Margaret's sister hasn't come home yet?"

"Yet. Maybe four or five more days" Lucky replied

"Where did you go, Dad?" ask Louisa

"What's the problem with Lucky?"

"Manager who was in Agriweba died two months ago. The manager position is empty. During this time the position was replaced by his second son who had helped a lot before the manager died."

"That means just to validate the position, right? It's not a heavy thing"

"But his problem is now that the eldest son and third daughter want the position. Though before their father died, they did not care at all about the restaurant"

"Sometimes it is only because of our possessions and power that we forget brotherhood. We ate first, we talked later, before the food was cold" Eliz's grandmother said.

They finally ate together happily.

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The city of Agriweba.

"Indeed his first young master ever ran a restaurant and inn?" ask Margaret the man in red.

"The restaurant has never been Madam. I used to trade. I don't think it's going to be much different"

"Indeed, if you want to learn, you can. But it's gonna take time. While I don't have time to go back and forth Hinom and Agriweba just to control the new manager"

"Of course you don't need to go back and forth madam. Later every month I will send a report to the city of Hinom"

"Come on.you don't understand what I mean. Just begibi, what did you trade before?"

"I opened a cloth and clothing store. But the situation lately is not so good. The price of silk cloth, which is our main commodity, rises with high prices. So it's very difficult for us to get the goods to sell"

"Hmn .so there's the problem. If you can be honest, if you are asked to choose between running a restaurant or trading cloth as before. Which one you will choose"

"I certainly chose to trade cloth Madam. But at this time it is very difficult to get the silk cloth from the Kite kingdom that has been our supplier all this time. That's why I asked the second sister so that I could manage this restaurant"

"If you apply like that, of course the second young master rejected it. Just like you've been trading rags for years, your sister's been helping your father manage this diner and inn."

"I know this isn't fair to her, but I have a responsibility Mistress. There is our wife and three children that I have to pay for his life . As for the second sister, she was still single"

"That's still no excuse. All right, I have a solution for you. You keep trading silk. His supplier from the Wind Valley kingdom. The quality of the Wind Valley silk cloth was not inferior to the Kite kingdom silk cloth. I'll take care of everything for you. How's it?"

"Of course I want Madam. Thanks"

"Let my people contact you, young master first"

"Thank you Madam"

"Now please call your third sister here"

"I immediately called you Madam" said the first young master and walked out of the room.

Not long after, a woman dressed in luxury entered the room.

"Greetings Lady Margaret"

"Hail you I accept Selin. Be seated"

"Thank you Madam"

"I'm getting straight to the point. Your father was my confidant. Far away from the three of you, he worries about you the most. He once begged, if one day he no longer exists, then I must take care of you until you get married"

"Dad think like that?" mumbled slowly

"Yes, he said so. Here you have no job, no matter how the manager of this restaurant I entrust to your second brother. So Selin, you come with me to Hinom. I just opened a souvenir shop there. I want you to manage it. Do you want to?"

"Toko souvenirs? I want Madam" he said excitedly.

"If so, get ready. We leave early tomorrow morning right"

"Why are we so in a hurry, ma'am?"

"My niece will be engaged, it is my duty to provide gifts that will be brought to the women. I'm too late because there's not much time left"

"If you may know, who is the lady of the Madam?

"Fatma's royal palace"

"A princess of the king..?"

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